A
Review
Janice
Cantore has created another winner. With three crimes (at least) on
her plate, including a cold (i.e. frozen ) case, Homicide Detective
Abby Hart is kept hopping across Long Beach, CA.
Life
can be confusing. The Deputy Chief of Police is trying to
micromanage her current cases which limit her ability to move
forward as she seeks to solve the three homicides. Engaged to a
missions pastor who is currently out of town, ministering overseas,
she also finds that her most helpful colleague and witness, PI Luke
Murphy, is generating serious doubts about her relationship.
Having
been orphaned at the age of five and raised, for the most part, by
her aunt in Oregon, she returned to her childhood home with a college
athletic scholarship and, eventually, a job offer from the Long Beach
Police Department, she is now driven with solving the murders that
took her parents from her 27 years ago. Those murders and the three
assigned to her as part of the job provide the framework for this
interest holding tale of intrigue and mystery.
The author's own 22-year career in the Long Beach Police Department provide amble experience and understanding behind the scenes of an active police force. This, and the author's creativity, contribute value to the book. The reader is made aware of how faith can be found and lived out on the job. In addition, the reader is made aware of the humanness that is a part of every police officer’s life – on and off the job.
The
book was a pleasure to read and provides a good foundation to future
volumes from Ms. Cantore in the series. Enough open questions suggest hooks that will draw the reader to the next book as soon as it
becomes available.
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This
review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher
for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed
are my own.
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